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1	How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from more books like this by Thomas Cahill add to wishlist The author's graceful mastery of both prose and history combine to express both the voice and content of Irish culture. Cahill traces Ireland's pivotal role in the preservation and transmission of the intellectual legacy of the West, from the fall of Rome under the barbarian invasions that brought the Dark Ages to the rise of Medieval Europe which ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Angela's Ashes: A Memoir more books like this by Frank McCourt (Read by) add to wishlist After years of teaching creative writing, Frank McCourt published his first book, thus obliging his many friends who had been urging him to write about his childhood--a subject they knew from the many uproarious and affecting stories he told about it. ANGELA'S ASHES traces the tortuous path of his life from his days in abysmal poverty in Limerick ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America more books like this by James Webb add to wishlist More than 27 million Americans today can trace their lineage to the Scots, whose bloodline was stained by centuries of continuous warfare along the border between England and Scotland, and later in the bitter settlements of England's Ulster Plantation in Northern Ireland. When hundreds of thousands of Scots-Irish migrated to America in the ... see all copies from $4.21! new only from $8.43! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	I Never Knew That about Ireland more books like this by Christopher Winn, Mai Osawa (Illustrator) add to wishlist In this wonderful compendium, Christopher Winn gives a tour of the four provinces of Ireland---Connacht, Leinster, Munster, and Ulster. Find out where dreams were inspired, ideas were born, and where the unforgettable heroes of Ireland's past now slumber. A treasure trove of fascinating stories, "I Never Knew That About Ireland" is packed full of ... see all copies from $6.99! new only from $13.87! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland more books like this by Bryan Sykes add to wishlist Through a systematic, ten-year DNA survey of more than 10,000 volunteers, Sykes has traced the genetic makeup of British Islanders and their descendants. He also features a chapter specifically addressing the genetic makeup of those people in the United States who have descended from the British Isles. see all copies from $6.86! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Isles: A History more books like this by Professor Norman Davies add to wishlist The bestselling and controversial new history of the 'British Isles', including Ireland from the author of Europe: "A History". Emphasizing our long-standing European connections and positing a possible break-up of the United Kingdom, this is agenda-setting work is destined to become a classic. 'If ever a history book were a tract for the times, ... see all copies from $9.68! new only from $10.00! \| first editions
7	How the Irish Saved Civilization more books like this by Thomas Cahill add to wishlist The author's graceful mastery of both prose and history combine to express both the voice and content of Irish culture. Cahill traces Ireland's pivotal role in the preservation and transmission of the intellectual legacy of the West, from the fall of Rome under the barbarian invasions that brought the Dark Ages to the rise of Medieval Europe which ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.71! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Burning of Bridget Cleary: A True Story more books like this by Angela Bourke add to wishlist Through a study of a 19th-century case of uxoricide in Ireland--in which a woman was publicly burned at the stake by her husband--a historian unravels many layers of Anglo-Irish politics and history, issues of gender and marriage, the role of the Catholic church, and the part that folklore played among the populace.The act involved a belief in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.39! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Blood, Tears and Folly: An Objective Look at World War II more books like this by Len Deighton add to wishlist Thriller author Deighton explores the numerous errors committed by both the Allies and the Nazi's during World War II. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.75! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Killing Rage more books like this by Eamon Collins, Mick McGovern add to wishlist This memoir provides an insider's account of life inside the Irish Republican Army, and was written after the author had become disillusioned and horrified with the terror and killing. The author of KILLING RAGE was eventually found dead in front of his house after it was published. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Emigrants and Exiles: Ireland and the Irish Exodus to North America more books like this by Kerby A Miller add to wishlist From the 1660s to the early 1900s, no fewer than seven million people emigrated from Ireland to North America. This vast flow at once reflected and compelled enormous social changes on both sides of the Atlantic. In this book Miller chronicles the momentous causes of the Irish emigration and its far-reaching impact - on the people themselves, on ... see all copies from $4.40! new only from $13.56! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Delorean more books like this by John Delorean add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $55.49! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997 more books like this by Piers Brendon add to wishlist No empire has been larger or more diverse than the British Empire. At its apogee in the 1930s, 42 million Britons governed 500 million foreign subjects. Britannia ruled the waves and a quarter of the earth's surface was painted red on the map. Where Britain's writ did not run directly, its influence, sustained by matchless industrial and ... see all copies from $14.30! new only from $14.45! \| SVS
14 view cover	Angela's ashes : a memoir of a childhood more books like this by Frank McCourt add to wishlist McCourt's Pulitzer Prize winning look back at his childhood. "It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while..." Angela's Ashes is Frank McCourt's sad, funny, bittersweet memoir of growing up in New York in the 30s and in Ireland in the 40s. It is a story of extreme hardship and suffering, in Brooklyn ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.43! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Rebel Hearts: Journeys Within the IRA's Soul more books like this by Kevin Toolis add to wishlist This is a detailed and revealing portrait of the world of the IRA. For ten years Kevin Toolis investigated the lives of the men and women who fought the IRA's war against the British state. Each chapter of the book explores a world where history, faith and human savagery dominates lives and deaths. In "Brothers" a whole family is sucked into ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Surnames of Ireland more books like this by Edward MacLysaght add to wishlist Ireland was one of the earliest countries to evolve a system of hereditary surnames. More than 4,000 Gaelic, Norman and Anglo-Irish surnames are listed in this book, giving a wealth of information on the background and location of Irish families. Edward MacLysaght was a leading authority on Irish names and family history. He served as Chief Herald ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $32.93! \| first editions
17 view cover	The Oxford Dictionary of Saints more books like this by David H Farmer (Editor) add to wishlist This is far more than a dry hagiographical account of the lives of saints. This entertaining and authoritative dictionary breathes life into its subjects and is as browsable as it is informative. Critically acclaimed in its many editions, the dictionary is now reissued into the rebranded best-selling Oxford Paperback Reference series. The entries ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.95! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Great Hunger: Ireland: 1845-1849 more books like this by Charles Woodham, Cecil Woodham-Smith add to wishlist The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America. It may not have been the result of deliberate government policy, yet British 'obtuseness, short-sightedness and ignorance' - and stubborn commitment to laissez-faire 'solutions' - ... see all copies from $2.37! new only from $9.00! \| SVS
19 view cover	Story of the Irish Race more books like this by Seumas MacManus add to wishlist The whole saga of the Irish from earliest times to the present -- the various races from the time of Firbolg and the quest and occupation by the Milesians Spain through the various invasions; history, culture, religion, laws, arts, ties, folklore, trade, literature, heroes Fein, Easter Uprising, etc. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.95! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Great Shame: And the Triumph of the Irish in the English-Speaking World more books like this by Thomas Keneally (Preface by) add to wishlist This epic narrative concerns the struggle of the Irish emigrants who left as a result of the famine of 1845. It focuses on those who were sent to Australia as well as those who found a new life and success in America and the rest of the New World. A New York Times Notable Book of 1999. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.69! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Peoples of the British Isles: A New History more books like this by Stanford E Lehmberg add to wishlist Part of a three-volume work which weaves together the rich tapestry of English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish history. These books trace the social, economic, and political history of the British Isles from prehistoric times to the present. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.95!
22 view cover	The IRA: A History more books like this by Tim Pat Coogan add to wishlist When people think of the centuries-old struggle for home rule in Northern Ireland, they generally think of the Irish Republican Army. Now comess an exhaustive history of one of the most feared and misunderstood paramilitary groups of all time--by an authority on Irish affairs. 32 photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.41! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Michael Collins: The Man Who Made Ireland more books like this by Tim Pat Coogan add to wishlist This definitive portrait of the life and times of the legendary man who ended Ireland's eight-century struggle for independence illustriously illuminates Irish nationalist Michael Collins--the man whose name is still synonymous with the ongoing struggle for Irish independence. 63 photos. (Reissue) see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Course of Irish History more books like this by T W Moody (Editor), F X Martin (Editor) add to wishlist This work provides a short survey, with a geographical introduction, of the whole course of Ireland's history. This revised and enlarged edition is updated to the Maastricht Treaty. A new chapter has been added, and the illustrations have been correspondingly augmented. The list of books for further reading has been expanded into a comprehensive ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	The Scotch-Irish: A Social History more books like this by James G Leyburn add to wishlist This account of the Scotch-Irish heritage discusses life in Scotland, when their character and culture were shaped; their removal to Northern Ireland and the effect this had on their outlook on life; and their successive migrations to America. see all copies from $4.98! new only from $15.66! \| first editions \| SVS

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